We are looking forward to seeing many of you at the AAAs in Washington D.C. later this month! While the number of individual papers concerning the anthropology of tourism is enormous, below is a list of panels that are collectively addressing issues relevant to our interest group.
Also, please mark your calendars for the Anthropology of Tourism Interest Group (ATIG) Business Meeting, scheduled for Thursday, November 30, 2017, 12:15-1:45 PM. We have a lot of new initiatives to discuss and we want you to be part of the dialogue. The meeting is open to current and new members. Please join us!
Wednesday, Nov 29
4:30-6:15pm. “The Tourism of Food and Nature Matters: From Agriculture to Meals, from Rainforests to Glaciers” (2-0670). Marriott, Roosevelt 5. Presenters: Mary-Beth Mills, Thomas Abercrombie, Charmaine Kaimikaua, Teresita Majewski, Angeles Lopez-Santillan, Clare Sammells. Discussant: Michael Di Giovine.
Thursday, Nov 30
12:15-1:45pm. Anthropology of Tourism Interest Group (ATIG) Business Meeting (3-0647). Marriott, Roosevelt 1. All ATIG members are encouraged to attend.
4:15-6pm. “Sounds of Vacations: The Political Economy of Caribbean Tourism” (3-1115). Marriott Ballroom Salon 3. Presenters: Jocelyne Guilbault, Timothy Rommen, Susan Harewood, Jerome Camal, Francio Guadeloupe. Discussant: Kevin Yelvington.
Friday, Dec 1
4:15-6pm. “Contents Tourism in East Asia; Japan, Mainland China, Taiwan, Korea” (4-1210). Marriott, Roosevelt 1. Presenters: Nelson Graburn, Takayoshi Yamamura, Millie Creighton, Rongling Ge, Ryoko Nishijima, Kyungjae Jang. Discussant: Deirdre Clyde.
Saturday, Dec 2
8-9:45am. “Tourism and Mobility Matters” (5-0115). Marriott Ballroom Salon 1. Presenters: Lila Ellen Gray, Brandon Hunter, Cheikh Lo, Lauren Johnson, Vivian Gornik, Michal Stein. Discussant: Naomi Leite.
Sunday, Dec 3
10:15am-12pm “The Anthropology of Tourism Matters: Where do we go from Here?” Official ATIG sponsored session (6-0245). Marriott, Taft. Presenters: Robert Shepherd, Noel Salazar, Kristin Kant-Byers, Kimberly Cavanagh, Michael Di Giovine.
10:15am-12pm. “Engaging Contradictions, Negotiating Memory: Reimaging Tourism, Blackness and Entrepreneurship in Contested Spaces” (6-0195). Marriott, Wilson C. Presenters: Traci-Ann Wint, L. Kaifa Roland, Melanie White, Maria Santos Soares. Discussant: Colleen Cohen.
10:15am-12pm. “Ethnicity and Tourism in China” (6-0360). Omni, Capitol. Presenters: Xianghong Feng, Chun-Yi Sum, Hongmei Zhao, Na Gong.
12:15-2pm. “Anthropologists Excel at Educational Tourism: Relevant Responses to Critical Times and Critics of Study Abroad” (6-0410). Marriott, Thurgood Marshall West. Presenters: Bill Roberts, Lori Stanley, Tim Wallace, James McDonald, Tiffany Kershner. Discussants: Steve Folmar, Rory Turner.
12:15-2pm. “Intricacies of the Anthropological Lens: Negotiating Community and Politics in Conservation and Tourism” (6-0380). Marriott, Wilson B. Presenters: Quetzil Castaneda, Matthew Harms, Frances Riemer, J. Hope Amason, Brian Hoey, Matilde Cordoba Azcarate.
2-3:45pm. Roundtable: “Short-Term Global Health Travel: Good Intentions, Murky Ethics, and How Anthropology Matters” (5-0825). Marriott Ballroom Salon 2. Presenters: David Citrin, Raphael Frankfurter, Kathryn Fleuriet, Rosa Maria Compean-Molina, Saskia Bunge-Montes.